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c. E. & 0. W. $NEIDER. ZBREECH-LOADIN'G FIRE-ARMS. No.171,44;2. vPatented Dec.21,1875.

N4 PErERs, PNOTD-LITKOGRAPHER WASHINGTON. D c.

. land, have invented v Improvements in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms;

CHARLES E. SNEIDER AND CHARLES W. SNEIDER, OF BALTIMORE, MD.

IMPROVEMENT ms BREECH=LOADING FIRE-ARMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. ll7ll,4l4l2., datedDecember 21, 1875; application filed July 24, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES E. SNEIDER and-CHARLES W. SNEIDER, both ofBalti more, in the county of Baltimore and State of Marycertain new anduseful and We do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1represents a top view of a portion of the barrels and frame of adouble-barrel gun and the locking-lever. Fig. 2 represents alongitudinal vertical section through the same with the barrels locked.Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal vertical section through the same withthe barrels open. Fig. a represents a bottom view of the locking-leverdetached from the gun.

In breech-loading fire-arms, and particularly in sporting-guns, the rearportion of the barrels is thrown up to receive the cartridges,

and down again to be fastened in place; and

the object and purpose of our invention is to produce a simple andefficient locking mechanism, not liable to get out of order, and wherethe parts can be adjusted so as to compensate for the wear of thedifferent parts that come in frictional contact.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, wewill proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawrings.

A represents the barrels of a double-barrel gun, that are Weldedtogether in the usual Well-known manner, and to a piece, a, which formsthe central groove of sigh t. This piece a extends back of the barrelsA, and has a groove, 1), and recess 0 cut out of it, so as to be held inposition by the locking mechanism, which consists mainly of thespringrlever B, attached to the frame C in the rear of the barrels. ThisleverB is connected with the frame by means of the screw or pin 01,placed on onewside of the line of sight, so as to allow the lever B torevolve eccentrically over the recess 0 of the central piece a; but,while the lever B can revolve around the screw (1, it is held down tothe frame C by the not 6 and jam-nut e, screwed on the bolt f, formedcentrally near the forward end of the lever B, the frame C being cutaway in the form of a slot, 9, to allow the bolt f to revolve around thescrew d as .a center, while the nut 6 extends over the edges of the slot9. The lockin g action of the lever B is further strengthened by theshoulders .h h, formed on the lever B, entering grooves 'i on each sideof the opening cut in the frameC to receive the central piece a. Thelever B is provided with a spring, l, attached to its under side at it,under the thumb projection 70, its free end bearing against a screw, m,projecting upward from the frame C, so that when the lever B is pressedsidewise to open the barrels it will, when released, immediately resumeits position in line with the gun-barrels. These barrels are pivoted tothe frame at n, and, to add to their security against recoil or jar, thecentral piece a hasa groove b, that engages over a transverseprojection, 19, formed on the frame C, in the recess that receives the.piece a.

To open the barrels of the gun, the lever B is pressed sidewise by meansot'the thumb: piece 70, when the forward end of the barrels will fall inposition ready to receive the cartridges, and, by bringing the barrelsand stock in line, the spring Z will force the forward end of the leverB over the recess 0 in the rear of the barrels, ready to be discharged.

What we claim is-- 1. The looking-lever, eccentrically pivoted at d, andseen red to the rear extension of the breech frame by means of ascrew-stud and adjusting-1'1 uts, said stud working in a transverse slotin the extension 0, as described.

2. The combination of locking lever B, spring Z, rigidly secured theretoat one end, and the stud m, whereby the lever B is automatically throwninto engagement with the extension of the barrels, substantially asshown and described.

CHARLES E. SNEIDEB. CHARLES W. SN EIDER. Witnesses:

W. H. HAYWOOD, Jos. A. BoKEL.

